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7 Kid-Friendly Booths to Check Out at the Spring One of A Kind Show

By Megan McChesney

Toronto’s Spring One of a Kind Show kicked off this morning, and we were lucky enough to have a little preview. As always, there are so many wonderful vendors selling almost anything you can imagine—toys, clothes, food, decor, art and more.

From a quick wander around the show, here are seven of our favourite booths for families. If you’re not in the city, fear not: you can purchase most of these vendors’ products online or by contacting them directly.

<h1><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/coucousalut?ref=em" target="_blank">CouCou Salut</a></h1><br />
<i>Booth P-21</i><br />
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<p>One of the show's Rising Star vendors, CouCou Salut is a "one-woman show" run by Shannon Adolph of Montreal. She sells hand-printed and handmade stuffies, onesies, pillows and t-shirts, all in vibrant colours with adorable prints. This little pile of bunnies is made extra adorable by the fact that they have little tooth pockets on the back for teeth being left for the tooth fairy (also a great place to hide Easter eggs, perhaps?).</p>

<h1><a href="http://bookhou.com/" target="_blank">Bookhou</a></h1><br />
<i>Booth K-05</i><br />
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<p>We've been fans of Bookhou for a while now, and they have their own bricks-and-mortar store here in Toronto on Dundas Street West. Their booth showcases the beautiful and contemporary line of ceramics and textiles by this husband-and-wife (and parents!) team, including these gorgeous onesies and bibs. </p>

<h1><a href="http://avrilloreti.com/" target="_blank">Avril Loreti</a></h1><br />
<i>Booth L-05</i><br />
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<p>Avril is another designer that we've loved for a long time. Her line of vibrant and beautiful home textiles always makes us giddy, but we love her gorgeous pillows for kids' rooms. She found these amazing old hockey game figures at an antique show, and photographed them for use on pillows, bags and towels. (Don't worry, there's also a Montreal version if you're not a Toronto fan.) And her new watercolour pillows would also be so elegant in a nursery. When you stop by her booth, make sure to also peek at her brand new photo-printed clutches with photos she's taken around Toronto and on her various travels.</p>

<h1><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/bluetrike" target="_blank">Bluetrike Studio</a></h1><br />
<i>Booth I-36</i><br />
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<p>Artist Mara Minuzzo caught our eye with her adorable acrylic paintings of her son's PlayMobil figures. These would look amazing in a nursery or kids' room. Mounties, farmers, mermaids and fairies (and so many more) are all available as original paintings or as mounted or unmounted prints in various sizes.</p>

<h1><a href="http://moxyandtoots.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Moxy + Toots</a></h1><br />
<i>Booth O-28</i><br />
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<p>Moxy + Toots is another vendor in the Rising Stars section of the show, and for good reason! The pile of adorable hand-made toys that owner Adrienne Boyer has on offer includes rattle taggie monsters, sweet dollies and adorable little monsters and creatures (how cute is the taggie cloud sitting there on the shelf?).</p>

<a href="http://www.newfoundlandsoftrockco.com/productsgrid.html target="_blank"><h1>Newfoundland Soft Rock Co.</h1></a><br />
<i>Booth I-24</i><br />
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<p>As the name implies, The Newfoundland Soft Rock Co. makes soft rocks. Pillows, really. But it was this giant stack of log pillows that we loved best. How cute would these be in a woodland-themed kids' room or forest-themed play space?</p>